Please help-colic or grumpy? UPDATE

Hi Ladies,I am sat here in tears, Harry has been crying almost all day for the last week now and nothing i do seems to work. We have tried infacol and gripe water, neither have made any difference. We give him two bottles of water a day (2 or 3 oz) as he gets really hot.

He takes a bottle every 3 hours during the day and 4 at night, he is on cow and gate after we changed from aptimil as we thought it might be his milk, but its no different. He is only ever sick a really small amount, but seems to pull his legs up lots and be in pain straining. He poos every other day and farts alot but does struggle to do these.

I'm at my wits end, i dont know if its colic or he's just tired/grumpy? He has no sleep routine, sometimes he's awake lots other times he sleeps all day. He does seem a little better at night and cries less but not a lot.

This only seems to have changed over the last week or so, at first he fed every 4 hours and slept in between with no problem, but as the weeks have gone by he seems to be getting worse and worse.:cry:

UPDATE:Been to Dr's with Harry today, she thinks he has reflux and has prescribed him infant gaviscon. She also said to stop taking colief as she's never heard of it (!?!?) and if the gaviscon doesnt work to take him to a chiropractor. She also advised to give him brown sugar water as he hasnt poo'd for nearly 3 days, have given him two drinks of it today and still nothing so will have to try prune juic diluted if he still ahsnt poo'd by the morning. As for the gaviscon we'll just have to see if that works, if not will def try the comfort milk.....

Thanks for replying, he is 4 weeks and 5 days. Have been to the chemist and he recommended colief, and if this doesnt work to take him to the dr's. Its expensive and fiddly but i'm hoping it will work!I saw one of the Dr's at my surgery when harry was 2 weeks old and he said then if a baby has colic there is nothing you can do, his daughter had it and they tried everything apparently but nothing worked?!!! Not what i wanted to hear!

That was nice of him! I think there are things you can to do help but nothing to take it away! I am convinced Emma will get colic because she has been so good for a newborn!

Like i said my niece had it and my SIL said she used Dr Brown bottles with Gripe water followed with lots of walks to try and calm her down!

We are using the Dr Brown bottles and they are expensive but worth every penny, at the moment we dont use anything like infracol or gripe water because Emma doesnt need it due to the way the bottles are made.

We use Cow and Gate as well and i know they do a powder to help with Colic, might be worth a shot? X

Have you tried Cow and Gate Comfort? It is specifically for colic and constipation and may help? Not sure how long you have to use it for before you see a result but my friend used it and it worked for her! I do know it turns their poo green!!!

Thanks ladies, fingers crossed he is more settled today, if not will def try the comfort milk, and if that doesnt work the Dr brown bottles, if that fails i shall give in and just sit it out and try not to lose my sanity!

Hi hun. How are things today? It sounds more like colic than reflux to me but obviously im no doctor. Im surprised your Dr has never heard of colief before. I would be inclined to spk to HV/MW (if you are still under her care) see whyat they say. I hope what your Dr has perscribed helps xx

.....Well the night wasnt so good as he was constipated so hubby went out at 5am and got some prune juice which we diluted and he finally did his 3 days worth of poo, it was gross lol! the gaviscon does seem to help a bit, his hiccups arent as bad and he gags less, but not totally convinced. We also changed to cow and gate comfort milk today so we'llb see how that goes!?